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Revelation

22 Chapters · Douay-Rheims Bible · New Testament

About This Book

Revelation contains 22 chapters in this CatholicG33k edition.

Chapter Directory

  1. Chapter 1St. John is ordered to write to the seven churches in Asia. The manner of Christ's appearing to him.
  2. Chapter 2Directions what to write to the angels or bishops of Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamus and Thyatira.
  3. Chapter 3Directions what to write to Sardis, Philadelphia and Laodicea.
  4. Chapter 4The vision of the throne of God, the twenty-four ancients and the four living creatures.
  5. Chapter 5The book sealed with seven seals is opened by the Lamb, who thereupon receives adoration and praise from all.
  6. Chapter 6What followed upon opening six of the seals.
  7. Chapter 7The number of them that were marked with the seal of the living God and clothed in white robes.
  8. Chapter 8The seventh seal is opened. The angels with the seven trumpets.
  9. Chapter 9Locusts come forth from the bottomless pit. The vision of the army of horsemen.
  10. Chapter 10The cry of a mighty angel. He gives John a book to eat.
  11. Chapter 11He is ordered to measure the temple. The two witnesses.
  12. Chapter 12The vision of the woman clothed with the sun and of the great dragon her persecutor.
  13. Chapter 13Of the beast with seven heads and of a second beast.
  14. Chapter 14Of the Lamb and of the virgins that follow him. Of the judgments that shall fall upon the wicked.
  15. Chapter 15They that have overcome the beast glorify God. Of the seven angels with the seven vials.
  16. Chapter 16The seven vials are poured out. The plagues that ensue.
  17. Chapter 17The description of the great harlot and of the beast upon which she sits.
  18. Chapter 18The fall of Babylon. Kings and merchants lament over her.
  19. Chapter 19The saints glorify God for his judgments on the great harlot. Christ's victory over the beast and the kings of the earth.
  20. Chapter 20Satan is bound for a thousand years. The souls of the martyrs reign with Christ in the first resurrection. The last attempts of Satan against the Church. The last judgment.
  21. Chapter 21The new Jerusalem described.
  22. Chapter 22The water and tree of life. The conclusion.

Edition Record

Book
Revelation
Translation
Douay-Rheims Bible
Old Testament
First published at Douay in 1609
New Testament
First published at Rheims in 1582
Revision and Notes
Bishop Richard Challoner, 1749
Historical Imprimatur
James Cardinal Gibbons, Archbishop of Baltimore, 1 September 1899